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Flip-Flop Girl

by Katherine Paterson · 1994 · 120 pages

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Uprooted following the death of their father, nine-year-old Vinnie and her five-year-old brother, Mason, cope in different ways—one in silence—but both with the help of Lupe, the flip-flop girl.

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Genre
literary fiction
Themes
childhoodpoverty
Setting
1990s
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
short · 120 pages

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